Summer Vacation Countdown: 4
Today I had a chance to go around the whole school and document my school on video. I was able to shoot a lot and will get more as this weeks comes to an end. Pretty much everybody was willing to be on video. I will try to figure out a way for you guys to see some of the video.
Had a chance to play volleyball which I haven't done in over a month! Man...am I rusty! We had hitting drills and my timing was SSSOOOO off! For some reason, I was able to pound the 1's with ease, but everything else was pretty embarassing. There were 2 graduates of Nanabayashi there who are seniors in high school now. Got a chance to play with them as we scrimmaged the team. I don't even want to talk about how my setting was! A total disgrace. Being a teacher in Japan has it's little advantages. Everytime I walk into the gym, everyone stops what they are doin' for a quick second and acknowledges my arrival with Konnichiwa! Also, at the end of every practice with the vball team, the team always makes a semi-circle around me and bows while saying Domo Arigato Gozaimasu! Sayonara! Even the high schoolers came up after practice and did the same thing, however they attempted to in English...a pretty funny scene.
Another thing that I've noticed while at school, is how strong the Sempai/Kohai (Upper classman/lower classmen) relationship is. While eating lunch in the cafeteria, I usually sit with the 7th graders. So anytime an Sempai from the same team walks by, in chorus, you can hear Konnichiwa!. This might be hard for most of you to truly understand. Guess you'll just have to find out for yourself by coming to Japan.
It's Tuesday and that's means my favorite TV programs are on. Today's Oyako (Mother/daughter relationship) show's winner blew my mind. Probably one of the best moms that I've ever seen. Even though she was only 35, she truly looked younger than her daughter who was 18 years old! Even her style looked younger than her daughter's!!
Well...another week and my London Hearts aren't on!!! On the first part of the show, Sukebe, the guy today lasted the whole time! He only looked twice. The girl they used was really pretty and she was goin' way overboard on making him look. But the guy stayed strong probably because he was so into reading his magazine. I never seen anyone last the full time. He ended up getting about $2,500!
The second part of the show was Bl@ck Mail. The guy went from Yokohama all the way to meet this girl in Okinawa! This guy was a total softy! He let the girl draw on his arms, hands, neck and even face. She frickin' drew Doraemon on his neck! And even drew a mustache and eyes on his eyelids!! Yeah yeah yeah...some of you may see, "Hey Sakamoto, didn't that happen to you!?" My defense was that I was passed out!! So that doesn't even come to close to counting!!! So at the end of the show when the girlfriend surprised him, she would only forgive him if he let her push him into the pool.
Well...it's gettin' late and I have a long day ahead of me...
Kaz out...
Today I had a chance to go around the whole school and document my school on video. I was able to shoot a lot and will get more as this weeks comes to an end. Pretty much everybody was willing to be on video. I will try to figure out a way for you guys to see some of the video.
Had a chance to play volleyball which I haven't done in over a month! Man...am I rusty! We had hitting drills and my timing was SSSOOOO off! For some reason, I was able to pound the 1's with ease, but everything else was pretty embarassing. There were 2 graduates of Nanabayashi there who are seniors in high school now. Got a chance to play with them as we scrimmaged the team. I don't even want to talk about how my setting was! A total disgrace. Being a teacher in Japan has it's little advantages. Everytime I walk into the gym, everyone stops what they are doin' for a quick second and acknowledges my arrival with Konnichiwa! Also, at the end of every practice with the vball team, the team always makes a semi-circle around me and bows while saying Domo Arigato Gozaimasu! Sayonara! Even the high schoolers came up after practice and did the same thing, however they attempted to in English...a pretty funny scene.
Another thing that I've noticed while at school, is how strong the Sempai/Kohai (Upper classman/lower classmen) relationship is. While eating lunch in the cafeteria, I usually sit with the 7th graders. So anytime an Sempai from the same team walks by, in chorus, you can hear Konnichiwa!. This might be hard for most of you to truly understand. Guess you'll just have to find out for yourself by coming to Japan.
It's Tuesday and that's means my favorite TV programs are on. Today's Oyako (Mother/daughter relationship) show's winner blew my mind. Probably one of the best moms that I've ever seen. Even though she was only 35, she truly looked younger than her daughter who was 18 years old! Even her style looked younger than her daughter's!!
Well...another week and my London Hearts aren't on!!! On the first part of the show, Sukebe, the guy today lasted the whole time! He only looked twice. The girl they used was really pretty and she was goin' way overboard on making him look. But the guy stayed strong probably because he was so into reading his magazine. I never seen anyone last the full time. He ended up getting about $2,500!
The second part of the show was Bl@ck Mail. The guy went from Yokohama all the way to meet this girl in Okinawa! This guy was a total softy! He let the girl draw on his arms, hands, neck and even face. She frickin' drew Doraemon on his neck! And even drew a mustache and eyes on his eyelids!! Yeah yeah yeah...some of you may see, "Hey Sakamoto, didn't that happen to you!?" My defense was that I was passed out!! So that doesn't even come to close to counting!!! So at the end of the show when the girlfriend surprised him, she would only forgive him if he let her push him into the pool.
Well...it's gettin' late and I have a long day ahead of me...
Kaz out...
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火曜日, 7月 15, 2003.
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